May Day, finals week, and athletics
It's only been a few days since my last update, but it seems like a lot of time has passed. May Day was fabulous. I got totally smashed, and spent a good bit of the day passed out in the rugby kiddie pool on Merion green. I was only a little hung over on monday. (though I do seem to have caught somewhat of a cold from the time I spent passed out on merion green wearing very little clothing) But I actually do remember all of the rest of the day. I remember the doublestar play in which I took the role of a singing zombie, the robin hood play, in which I was a merry man, and Servant of Two Masters, in which I was my usual sketchy Pantalone. I remember tea with doublestar to cheer me up at the end of the night, and beer with rugby after I'd already decided it was time for bed. I remember being a complete emotional mess during step sing. I don't know what I'm going to do next year without the seniors. I'm going to miss them all more than I can say. Why does goodnight always have to feel so much like goodbye?
Overall, I had a wonderful may day.
The rest of this week has been about as unproductive as it is possible to be. I've completely wasted the last two days, and made no progress on either getting my room cleaned and my bags packed, or on getting any of my homework done and my papers written.
Last night was the last tabletop session of the semester. I think it went pretty well. I was ST last night, and I pulled the entire plot out of my ass. They didn't even get to the big final battle I had planned, but apparently the characters have decided the big battle is too big, and they're just going to ignore the problem. Which I can't say is really a bad plan, because they'd probably all die if they tried to fight it right now anyway. We're doing a three year IC time jump over the summer, so next semester everyone will have more rank and XP with which to try and kill the big bad.
I went to the Bryn Mawr athletics banquet tonight. I expected it to be like an hour long. It was about three and a half hours. But it was fun. I am reminded yet again of how much I love my team. We had three full tables of loud, rowdy, obnoxious ruggers laughing, cheering and having fun throughout the entire banquet. Our team got a bigger turn out than any other team there, and we had by far the most spirit. I have a pretty new keychain, my award for being a second year athlete. I finally got my pin from being a first year athlete too; they ran out last year, so I just got mine today. Some of our frosh made a giant paper mache horned toad as the center piece of our table. One of our seniors won the school-wide sportsmanship award, and I can't think of anyone who deserves it more than her. After the banquet we hung out and played catch in front of Thomas in our fancy clothes. This weekend we are going on our annual rugby camping trip. It's going to be awesome. And this year we aren't going to almost get arrested for bringing alcohol into a state park. We're going to be smart, and bring our liquor disguised in water bottles instead of blatant cases of beer.
I've got a lot to get done in the next couple days. I'm sure I'll procrastinate a lot more before I do any of it, and I'm sure it will all get done eventually. Really, I'm not that stressed out about it. I've had a fabulous semester. I'm sad to see it end, and I'm sad to see the seniors leave. But more than anything I'm thankful that I've had this semester. I am thankful for all of my wonderful friends, for the education my parents are funding, for the fabulous hobbies that make my life as fun as it is, for the beautiful campus I am privileged to live on. I'm single for the first time in a long time, and right now, I'm ok with that too. I'm thankful that I've managed to maintain genuine friendships with both of my exes. I think I'm finally learning to just be happy. I'm not depressed, or emo, or self-depreciating, or lonely. I'm happy. Not everything is perfect, but I'm content with my life just the way it is, and that is definitely a first for me.
Overall, I had a wonderful may day.
The rest of this week has been about as unproductive as it is possible to be. I've completely wasted the last two days, and made no progress on either getting my room cleaned and my bags packed, or on getting any of my homework done and my papers written.
Last night was the last tabletop session of the semester. I think it went pretty well. I was ST last night, and I pulled the entire plot out of my ass. They didn't even get to the big final battle I had planned, but apparently the characters have decided the big battle is too big, and they're just going to ignore the problem. Which I can't say is really a bad plan, because they'd probably all die if they tried to fight it right now anyway. We're doing a three year IC time jump over the summer, so next semester everyone will have more rank and XP with which to try and kill the big bad.
I went to the Bryn Mawr athletics banquet tonight. I expected it to be like an hour long. It was about three and a half hours. But it was fun. I am reminded yet again of how much I love my team. We had three full tables of loud, rowdy, obnoxious ruggers laughing, cheering and having fun throughout the entire banquet. Our team got a bigger turn out than any other team there, and we had by far the most spirit. I have a pretty new keychain, my award for being a second year athlete. I finally got my pin from being a first year athlete too; they ran out last year, so I just got mine today. Some of our frosh made a giant paper mache horned toad as the center piece of our table. One of our seniors won the school-wide sportsmanship award, and I can't think of anyone who deserves it more than her. After the banquet we hung out and played catch in front of Thomas in our fancy clothes. This weekend we are going on our annual rugby camping trip. It's going to be awesome. And this year we aren't going to almost get arrested for bringing alcohol into a state park. We're going to be smart, and bring our liquor disguised in water bottles instead of blatant cases of beer.
I've got a lot to get done in the next couple days. I'm sure I'll procrastinate a lot more before I do any of it, and I'm sure it will all get done eventually. Really, I'm not that stressed out about it. I've had a fabulous semester. I'm sad to see it end, and I'm sad to see the seniors leave. But more than anything I'm thankful that I've had this semester. I am thankful for all of my wonderful friends, for the education my parents are funding, for the fabulous hobbies that make my life as fun as it is, for the beautiful campus I am privileged to live on. I'm single for the first time in a long time, and right now, I'm ok with that too. I'm thankful that I've managed to maintain genuine friendships with both of my exes. I think I'm finally learning to just be happy. I'm not depressed, or emo, or self-depreciating, or lonely. I'm happy. Not everything is perfect, but I'm content with my life just the way it is, and that is definitely a first for me.